Chapter 248

From afar, I saw Cindy in a black dress, standing tall before Grandmother's grave.

Theo saw her too and turned to look at me. "You invited her?" I asked him.

"Of course not?"

No matter how things were like, he would not have invited her if he was bringing me to visit Grandmother.

He stepped over and faced Cindy. His expression was cold, and his voice was low. "Why are you here?"

“Theowy, why are you here?" Cindy turned around, a look of shock etched on her face.

I scoffed in my heart. For her to wait here bright and early in the morning, it was a no-brainer that she had gotten news that Theo would be here.

Theo frowned.

that I came all the way here on purpose to bump into you? I swear, I didn’t know you were coming today. I kept dreaming about Daddy and Mommy recently. Maybe it’s because I’ve found my biological parents and they’re a little unhappy about it, so I came over to visit them. Since it was on the way, I came to

would

well-rehearsed

did not know that her parents were buried here too. A pang of displeasure bloomed in my heart, so I did not

them by Grandmother's

bowed as a sign of respect because my growing belly was getting in the way of me sitting down at the side of the headstone. I looked at Grandmother's warm smile in the photo on her headstone. As I reminisced about all the times she cared for

over and pulled me into his embrace. He wiped my tears off my face and said in his deep voice, "She would want you to be happy, so

are here to visit you. Oh, right, we're expecting, Grandmother. It's your great-grandchild. The

child a lot. He always talks to the baby before he sleeps, and I believe Theo will

I deliberately said

the expression on her face changed. She stepped over and tugged on Theo's sleeves. "Theowy, will you accompany me to visit Daddy and Mommy? They must miss

lowered my head. I felt like I had dug my own grave. Her trump card would forever be more powerful than mine. All I said were a

reject the reasonable request that Cindy had made. He turned to me as if he was asking for my

They saved your life, and as your wife, it's only fair that

done, I began packing the things up. The look on Cindy's face was hideous, but she controlled herself and did not let

He smiled at m e, took the basket from me, and held my hand as we led the

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